Knit fabric with scalloped edge



Aug. 14, 1951 B. SAPIN I 2,564,282

KNIT FABRIC WITH SCALLOPED EDGE Filed July 17, 1948 Patented Aug. 14, 1951 UNlTED STATES PATENT oFncs KN IT FABRIC WITH SCALLOPED EDGE Bernard SapinfNewYork, N. Y.

Application July17, 1948, Serial No. 39,342

a knitted fabric of the above described character without requiring the formation of open knitwork in order to provide the scalloped edge.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will befully understood from the following description considered in connection with the accompanying illustrative drawings.

In the drawings: Fig;-1 is a view of a garment provided with a scalloped-edge knit. fabric embodying the present invention, said fabric being illustrated as the lower. border of the garment, the major portion of which is shown in dot-and-dash outline;

Fig.2 is a sectional view on the line 2--2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a view of knit-fabric having a scalloped edge and a straight edge at its opposite sides.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the knit fabric I embodying the present invention is shown as the border of a sweater. Said border is provided with a scalloped edge l2 and is formed in integral knit relation with the knitted body portion I4. The border I0 and the fabric of the body portion I4 are formed in integral knit relation on a Stafiord 8: Holt circular knitting machine having vertical and horizontal needles. Said border I0 is formed of rib knitted fabric comprising alternate sections I6 and intermediate sections I8. Sections I6 are formed of cuff-knit stitches, while the intermediate sections I8 are formed of half-cardigan stitches. More particularly. each section I6 comprises a series of wales 20 of cuff-knit stitches, while each section I8 comprises a series of wales 22 of half-cardigan knit stitches. When the fabric is knitted on a Stafford & Holt circular knitting machine, as hereinbefore mentioned, the wheel for a set of the horizontal needles is provided with jacks for moving one group of horizontal needles further toward the vertical needles than the remaining horizontal needles of the set which is operated Claims. (01. 66-176) 2 by said wheel. Said one group of needles produce the half-cardigan stitches and the remaining needles produce the cuff-knit stitches inadjacent sections I6 and I8, respectively. As here shown, but without limitation, the fabric-which was produced in accordance with the present invention and which is illustrated by the drawings, had its cuff-knitted sections formed as the result of the action of eleven horizontal needles of the wheel and the half-cardigan knitv sections were formed-by the action of ten of the horizontal needles of the .same wheel. It, 'willzbe understood also thateach course is, continuous in all of the sections I6 and I8 so that said sec- As the result of the knitting of the cuff knit.

stitching continuously with the knitting of the intermediate sections I8 of half-cardiganstitches, with the same number-of courses in sections I8 as are in sections I6, sections I8 are narrower than sections Hi, i. e., the wales 22 of sections I8 are shorter than the wa1es20 of sections I6, so that the scalloped terminal edge I2 is formed.

It will be understood that after the border I0 is formed on' the knitting machine, all of the horizontal needles are withdrawn'from operation, in accordance with the usual mode of operating the knitting machine of the type referred to, so that the continued operation of the machine with the vertical needles only produces the plain or jersey knit fabric of the body portion I4.

In Fig. l the heavy line indicated at 24 merely designates the line of juncture between the border I0 and the body portion I4, it will be understood, therefore, that although said line is shown comparatively dark on the drawing, for illustrative purposes, it is not intended to represent that the knit portion at said juncture is darker in color than that of the knit fabric of the body portion I4 and the border fabric I0. It will be observed, however, that the line of juncture between the body portion I4 and the border ID, as indicated by the line 24, is of wavy or scalloped formation corresponding to the wavy or scalloped terminal edge I2.

As shown in Fig. 2 the sweater comprises front and back layers which are stitched together at their side edges as indicated at 26. It will be noted that the fabric of border II) is flat. In this connection it will be understood that when the knitted fabric of the border I0 comes off the knitting machine, sections I6 tend to have a transversely curved formation due to the tension of sections I8 thereon, and that this curved for- 3 mation is eliminated when the fabric is subjected to the usual steam pressing operation.

If desired scalloped edge fabric having one of its side edges straight may be provided by knitting fabric like the border H) of any suitable width and then cutting said fabric laterally of the scalloped edge along a line spaced therefrom to provide a straight edge, as shown in Fig. 3, on a knitted band, for example. This band may be stitched at its edge 28 to a garment or other article as a trimming. For example, but without limitation, the band may be stitched to the ends of the short sleeves 30 of the article shown in Fig 1.

It will be understood that the invention is susceptible of modifications without departing Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A knit fabric comprising a plain-knit .body portion and a scalloped border portion knit in tegrally therewith, said border portion comprising a series of alternate sections each formed of a plurality of wales of cufi-knit stitches and a series of intermediate sections each formed of a plurality of wales of half-cardigan stitches, said intermediate sections being knit integrally with said alternate sections and being narrower than the latter, said alternate and intermediate sections extending in the same direction.

2. A knit fabric comprising a plain-knit body portion and a scalloped rib-knit border portion knit integrally therewith, said border portion comprising a series of alternate longitudinally extending sections each formed of a plurality of walls of cuff-knit stitches and a series of intermediate longitudinally extending sections each formed of a plurality of wales of half-cardigan stitches, said intermediate sections being knit integrally with said alternate sections and being narrower than the latter. 3. A knit fabric comprising a plain knit body portion and a rib-knit'portion integral therewith, said rib-knit portion having a scalloped edge, and comprising a series of alternate longi- 4 tudinally extending sections each formed of a plurality of wales of cuff-knit stitches and a series of intermediate longitudinally extending sections each formed of a plurality of wales of half-cardigan stitches, said intermediate sections being knit integrally with said alternate sections and being narrower than the latter.

4. A knit fabric comprising a plain knit body portion and a rib-knit portion integral therewith, said rib-knit portion having a scalloped edge and comprising a series of alternate longitudinally extending sections each formed of a plurality of wales of cufi-knit stitches and a series of intermediate longitudinally extending sections each formed of a plurality of wales of half-cardigan stitches, said intermediate sections being knit integrally with said alternate sections and being narrower than the latter, the scalloped edge of said rib-knit portion being defined by the adjacent end stitches of said wales of stitches of said alternate and intermediate sections.

5. A sweater having a body portion formed-of plain knit fabric and a border knit integrally with said body portion and having a scalloped edge, said border comprising a series of alternate sec+ tions each formed of a plurality of wales of cuffknit stitches and a series of intermediate sec-. tions each formed of a plurality of wales of-half cardigan stitches, said intermediate sections be ing knit integrally withv said alternate sections .and containing the same number of courses as the latter, said alternate and intermediate sections extending in the same direction. 1

BERNARD SAPINP REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Date Weinstein Apr. 2'7, 1948 

